The grade of a stamp is central to buying and selling them on eBay. The condition of a stamp, in part,should and usually does,determine the price asked and paid. Determining a stamp's condition has two...
Stamp collecting is primarily a visual hobby. To me there is something exciting about a display of carefully selected and mounted stamps. But this has to do with the fronts of stamps. In this Guide I will...
In 1870 the US Post Office issued a radically different set of stamps from the previous issues of 1869. The reason for the change was primarily political as a new Postmaster General had been appointed. The...